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Floris’ post office opened in 1892, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 30% of U.S. towns · #136 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it

Most of Floris was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. 2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 20 buildings. Below: maps from 1915 on.

1892first post office
2on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Floris began

When was Floris founded?

1892

The Floris post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Frying Pan (1889), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 8,341134 years

How historic is Floris?

C

More historic than 30% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Floris post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Floris’ History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Floris is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #136 of 253 in Virginia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Floris’ overall grade.
Founding era1892, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.0% of homes (±0.7) · typical VA town 1.9% · U.S. 8.4%D−National Register2 listings, 21 historic buildings, 27.7 per 10,000 residents · typical VA town 3.6 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 30%
NewerOlder
Virginia towns of 2,500+ (253)Ahead of 46%

Virginia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Virginia town has 3.6 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Floris’ 27.7 sits near the middle of its state (61% of Virginia towns have fewer) while its 21 historic buildings outnumber those of 80% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. The pre-1940 share (±0.7 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Floris’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Floris are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.A historic districtThe Floris Historic District takes in 20 historic buildings.On the map since 19157 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1994. Watch Floris change.
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Start Floris’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Floris’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the National Register

2 listings protect 21 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
21
each building in a district counts
first listed
1991
Frying Pan Meetinghouse
Frying Pan MeetinghouseFloris Historic District
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Vernacular Post-and-Beam1
Frying Pan MeetinghouseVernacular Post-and-Beam
Floris Historic DistrictDistrict

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

On the map

Floris on the map, 1915 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Floris. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Floris on the 1915 USGS mapFloris on the 1944 USGS mapFloris on the 1951 USGS mapFloris on the 1966 USGS mapFloris on the 1971 USGS mapFloris on the 1983 USGS mapFloris on the 1994 USGS map1915Fairfax sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Floris.

The story so far

Floris, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Floris yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Floris is a census-designated place (CDP) located within the Oak Hill area of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 8,341.

Its first post office opened in 1892. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 8,375 in 2010, 8,341 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Floris, 1889 to 1915

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Frying Pan post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Frying Pan post office closes
  4. 1892Post officeThe Floris post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1907Post officeThe Floris post office closes
  7. 1915On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Floris, decade by decade

Today14 recent
2022-05-22 10 28 05 View south along Virginia State Route 28 (Sully Road) from Frying Pan Road (Virginia State Secondar…20222022-05-22 10 28 05 View south along Virginia State R…2022-05-22 10 22 07 View north along Virginia State Route 28 (Sully Road) from McLearen Road (Virginia State Secondary …20222022-05-22 10 22 07 View north along Virginia State R…2018-10-29 14 44 33 View south along Virginia State Route 286 (Fairfax County Parkway) from the overpass for Virginia S…20182018-10-29 14 44 33 View south along Virginia State R…2018-10-29 14 42 11 View north along Virginia State Route 286 (Fairfax County Parkway) from the overpass for Virginia S…20182018-10-29 14 42 11 View north along Virginia State R…2017-11-06 15 42 04 View south along Centreville Road (Virginia State Secondary Route 657) at Frying Pan Road (Virginia…20172017-11-06 15 42 04 View south along Centreville Road…2017-10-13 11 42 26 View south along Virginia State Route 28 (Sully Road) from Frying Pan Road (Virginia State Secondar…20172017-10-13 11 42 26 View south along Virginia State R…2017-10-13 11 37 34 View north along Virginia State Route 28 (Sully Road) from McLearen Road (Virginia State Secondary …20172017-10-13 11 37 34 View north along Virginia State R…2017-10-12 12 56 53 View south along Virginia State Route 28 (Sully Road) at the exit for Virginia State Secondary Rout…20172017-10-12 12 56 53 View south along Virginia State R…2017-10-12 11 39 48 View north along Virginia State Route 28 (Sully Road) at the exit for Virginia State Secondary Rout…20172017-10-12 11 39 48 View north along Virginia State R…2016-01-22 13 17 31 Whisps of snow blowing around on a busy road (northbound Virginia State 28 (Sully Road) near milepo…20162016-01-22 13 17 31 Whisps of snow blowing around on …KidwellFarm 32012KidwellFarm 3KidwellFarm 22012KidwellFarm 2KidwellFarm 12012KidwellFarm 1FryingPanFarmPark2012FryingPanFarmPark
Famous people

Famous people close to Floris

Nobody well known was born in Floris itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Hilarie BurtonAmerican actress · b. 1982
Sean ParkerAmerican entrepreneur, programmer and philanthr… · b. 1979
Emily FoxAmerican soccer player · b. 1998
Ashley CaldwellAmerican freestyle skier · b. 1993
Jacob FreyMayor of Minneapolis since 2018 · b. 1981
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Kevin ParedesAmerican soccer player · b. 2003
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Floris had its own post office from 1892 to 1907. Another post office, Frying Pan, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Frying Pan
1889–1892
Floris
1892–1907
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Oak Hill
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Floris
Frying Pan Baptist Meeting HouseUnnamed Cemetery - Framingham Court

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

McNair1 historic placeC−Franklin FarmIts storyD−Sully SquareIts storyD−

Questions about Floris’ history

What year was Floris founded?

The Floris post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Floris rank for history?

Floris is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #136 of 253 in Virginia. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Floris?

Two places: the Frying Pan Meetinghouse (listed 1991) and the Floris Historic District (2010).

How old are the homes in Floris?

0.0% of Floris’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 1.9% for a Virginia town; the median home was built in 1991.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (14), the National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.